Radiator screen



I WITNESSz' Oct. 8, 1929. WARREN 1,731,085

RADIATOR SCREEN Filed April 6, 1928 I lftlvz'n Wm,

INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 8, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFKIEMELVIN R. WARREN, OF MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA.

RADIATOR SCREEN Application filed April 6, 1928. Serial No. 267,951.

This invention relates to straining means chamber with its openendreceiving the wafor'the 'water in the cooling system of a moter from thepipe 3 so that this water will tor vehicle, the general object of theinvenpass through the sides and closed end of the tion being to providemeans for straining medium into the chamber and will pass from the wateras it passes from the jacket of the the chamber through the nipple 1 andhose 2' 5 motor to the radiator so as to prevent forinto the radiator.The screening medium is eign matter in the water from clogging theformed of a wire frame 9 having its sides radiator. and one end coveredwith wire mesh 10. Another object of the invention is to. soProjectionsll extend from the front end of 10 form the screening devicethat it can be the frame and abut the front end of the case0 easily andquickly put in place and to proing and these projections act as spacing.vide means for cleaning the screening memeans for'holding the front endof the dium whenever necessary. 1 screening medium away from the frontend This invention also consists in certain of the casing and they alsohelp to hold the other features of," construction and in the screeningmedium in place in the casing with combination and arrangement of theseveral its rear end bearing against the rear end of parts, to behereinafter fully described, ilthe casing with the rear edges bearinglustrated in the accompanying drawings and against the rear portions ofthe flaring walls specifically pointed out in the appended of the rearhalf of the casing. 29 claim. From the foregoing it will be seen thatall 7a In describing my invention in detail, refthe water passing fromthe water jacket to erence will be had to the accompanying the radiatormust pass through the cupdrawings wherein like characters denote likeshaped screening medium so that foreign or corresponding partsthroughout the sevmatter in the water will be caught by said as oralviews, and in which medium and prevented from passing into Figure 1 is aview showing portion of a the radiator. When the screening medium motorand a radiator, with the invention lobecomes clogged, it is simplynecessary to cated in the line which connects the water remove thebolts'5 and separate the two jacket of the motor with the radiator.halves of the casing and remove the screen- 39 Figure 2 is a sectionalview through the ing medium to clean the same. so device. As beforestated, this device will prevent Figure 3 is a section on line 33 ofFigclogging of the radiator by foreign matter ure 2. ,v contained in thewater and which'usually In these views, A indicates a casing havconsistsofrust and the like picked up as the 35 ing the nipples 1 thereon forreceiving the water circulates through the jacket of the hose 2 whichconnects the casing with the motor. radiator and with the return pipe 3which It is thought from the foregoing descripconveys the water from thejacket of the tion that the advantages and 'novel features motor to thetop of theradiator. This casof my invention will be readily apparent. 4eing is formed of two halves each half being It is to be understood thatI may make indicated at 4, the two halves being fastened changes in theconstruction and in'the com-. together by the bolts 5 which pass throughbination and arrangement of the several holes formed in the flanges 6 onthe abutting parts, provided that such changes fall withends of thehalves. A gasket? is placed bein the scope ofthe appended claim. 45tween'the flanges as shown, to make a water What I claim is tight joint.In a pipeline, a casing formed in sections, Each half flares outwardlytoward the the sections having outwardly flaring side other half so asto provide a chamber larger portions and fiat ends, means for removablyat the center than at its ends and a cupconnecting the sectionstogether, a cup- 60 shaped-screening medium 8 is placed in said shapedscreening medium placed in the cas- 2 memes ing with its open endfitting against the fiat end of one section which forms the rear end ofthe casing, said screening medium comprising a'i'rame formed of wire andhaving 5 its sides and front end covered With Wire mesh, some of theWires being spaced around the side and extending through the closed endof the medium and resting freely but tightly against the'fiat end of thefront seetion, with the open end of the medium held in position by theflaring wall atthe rear section.

In testimony Whereoi it afix my signature.

MELV 1N WARREN.

